课后限时作业(十)
限时/40分钟
Ⅰ.单句语法填空(建议用时：7分钟)
1．If you think I'm going to help, you're sadly __mistaken__(mistake)．
解析 句意：如果你认为我会帮忙，很遗憾你错了。mistaken(见解或判断上)错误的，不正确的。
2．People often look at me in __amazement__(amaze) when I say I teach yoga to kids as young as three, because they consider yoga to be for adults only.
3．He passed a neighbour __off__ as his father when being asked to bring his parents by the teacher.
4．We usually classify types of character __as__ good or bad. 5．Generally __speaking__(speak), those who pay close attention to physical exercise are in good health.
6．His occupation condemned him __to spend__(spend) long periods of time away from his family.
解析 句意：他的工作迫使他长期远离家人。condemn sb to (do) sth使某人接受困境(或不愉快的状况)。
7．I am a newcomer and not acquainted __with__ the rules and regulations here. 解析 句意：我是新来的，还不熟悉这里的规章制度。be acquainted with对……熟悉；与……相识。
8．The news that he __has been betraying__(betray) state secrets for years is made known to the public.
解析 句意：他多年来出卖国家机密的消息被公之于众。根据for years可知，应用现在完成进行时表示从过去某一时间的动作开始一直延续到现在且可能继续下去。
9．Tom arrived at school late again, which made him feel awkward and __uncomfortable__(comfort)．
10．Seeing a poor girl begging by the road, the old man gave her a __handful__(hand) of coins.
Ⅱ.阅读理解(建议用时：14分钟)
A
In many ways, Providence Mount St Vincent in Seattle is a typical senior living community. It is home to about 400 elderly residents and provides them with different types of assistance. However, it is also the Intergenerational Learning Center—a preschool where children and seniors
have the chance to bond.
Established in 1991, the ILC's purpose is to allow kids to learn about acceptance while they are also being nurtured(培养；养育). It also aims to help seniors develop a greater sense of self－worth and strengthen social interactions. Babies to prekindergarten－aged children are placed into six different classes at the ILC.The kids attend art and music classes, as well as story time and exercise time with the seniors.Marie Hoover, ILC director, said that interacting with the seniors has proven beneficial for the young ones, making them more open－minded.
“For the ILC children, interacting with the residents is simply part of their day－to－day life here and the way aging is ‘normalized’， which may be the most important benefit they receive，”Hoover said.“I've had parents call me years after their children have graduated from our program to let me know about some incidents when their child was the first to warmly greet someone who happened to be in a wheelchair.”
As for the seniors, they're delighted by the companionship the children provide. The children bring so much energy and joy to our residents. Many of the residents are widows or widowers and can become lonely. Their adult children may still be working, so they may not get to see them as often as they would like. Having the children stay with the old makes our residents feel they are still part of a community. The young and the old connect and learn from one another at this unique facility. 语篇导读 本文为说明文，主要介绍了一个为老年人和孩子所设立的学习中心：ILC。 1．What is ILC intended to do?
A．Build a typical senior living community. B．Take good care of the children.
C．Benefit both the children and the seniors. D．Rid the seniors of loneliness.
解析 C 细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句可知，ILC的宗旨是让老年人和孩子双方都受益，故选C项。
2．What does the last paragraph mainly tell us? A．The benefits the seniors receive. B．The situation of the seniors. C．Children's company.
D．The interaction between the children and the seniors.
解析 B 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，在ILC，孩子们已经逐渐认识到变老是生命中一种正常的现象，故选B项。
3．What may the underlined phrase “this unique facility” refer to? A．A special building. B．A typical family.
C．A typical teaching program. D．A special learning center.
解析 D 推理判断题。根据前两段对ILC的介绍及其对孩子们的积极影响和最后一段阐述的ILC对老年人的积极意义可以推断出，画线短语指的是ILC这一特殊的学习中心，故选D项。
B
Reuel Tolkien (1892～1973), the British linguist, writer.He created a fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, the well－known trilogy(三部曲)．
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.When he was 4 years old, his father died and his family moved back to England.Tolkien graduated from Oxford University when he was 23 years old，and participated in the First World War.During the war, Tolkien suffered from “trench fever” and stayed in the hospital until the end of World War I．It was during the days in the hospital that he began his writing career first.
After the war, Tolkien became a linguist.He was an editor of the New English Dictionary of 1918～1920.However, he was more researching to Anglo－Saxon language which makes his extensive contacts in Britain and the Nordic spread all over the folklore and mythology.
In 1937, Tolkien completed his first work The Hobbit. Although this was a fairy tale, it was also suitable for adults to read.Because of good sales, publishers (Allen & Unwin) convinced Tolkien to write its sequel(续篇)．This encouraged Tolkien to complete his most famous works, the epic(史诗) trilogy The Lord of the Rings. The works of writing went on for almost a year with the support from his good friend Lewis.
At the beginning, The Lord of the Rings was similar works for children, but after that writing style quickly became serious and dark.The Lord of the Rings was one of the most popular literary works in the 20th century, in terms of sales and readers' evaluation.Tolkien's influence is important, for the success of The Lord of the Rings makes the fantasy novels of this literature genre(体裁) develop rapidly.
语篇导读 本文为人物传记，介绍了《指环王》的作者Reuel Tolkien的生平以及创作过程。
4．When did Tolkien take part in World War I? A．1896. C．1916.
B．1915. D．1937.
解析 B 数字计算题。根据第一段第一句中的Reuel Tolkien (1892～1973)以及第二段第三句可知，Reuel Tolkien生于1892年，他23岁时参加了第一次世界大战，据此可以判断，
他是在1915年参加第一次世界大战的，故选B项。
5．What can we know about the passage? A．Tolkien's father died of “trench fever”．
B．Tolkien wrote the New English Dictionary himself. C．The Lord of the Rings was finished in about half a year. D．Tolkien began his writing career in the hospital.
解析 D 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，Tolkien是在医院开始他的写作生涯的，其他选项与原文不符，故选D项。
6．What is Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings considered to be? A．The first works of Tolkien. B．Always serious and dark.
C．Beneficial to the development of the fantasy novels. D．The most popular literary works in the 20th century.
解析 C 细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，《指环王》促进了魔幻小说的快速发展，故选C项。
7．What does the word “evaluation” in the last paragraph probably mean? A．Opinion. C．Interest.
B．Value. D．Hobby.
解析 A 词义猜测题。根据最后一段倒数第二句可知，《指环王》是二十世纪最受欢迎的作品之一，这是根据读者和书商的评价得来的，所以evaluation应该是指看法，故选A项(opinion)，表示“观点；看法”。
Ⅲ.七选五(建议用时：8分钟)
Everyone knows that fish is good for health.__1__But it seems that many people don't cook fish at home.Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home.Buying, storing, and cooking fish aren't difficult.__2__ This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.
__3__ Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge.Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn't fresh.__4__When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you'd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don't cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two.Frozen fish isn't as tasty as the fresh one.
There are many common methods used to cook fish.__5__ First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices(调料)．Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound.(A larger one will take more time.) Then, it's ready to serve.
A．Do not buy it.
B．The easiest is to steam it. C．This is how you can do it.
D．They just require a little knowledge. E．The fish will go bad within hours. F．When buying fish, you should first smell it.
G．The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.
语篇导读 本文为说明文，介绍了如何用简单的方法购买和烹制鱼。
1．解析 G 转折关系。根据空后一句表达转折关系可知，转折前的句子在语意上应该保持一致性，即说明吃鱼对健康的益处，故选G项。
2．解析 D 顺承关系。上句提到鱼的选购、储存和烹饪并不困难，下句提到如何用一种简单的方法购买和烹制鱼，D项中的They指代Buying, storing, and cooking fish，故选D项。
3．解析 F 顺承关系。本段第二、三句围绕如何通过嗅觉来鉴别鱼是否新鲜，F项中的smell为关键词，且与空后一句相呼应，故选F项。
4．解析 A 顺承关系。上句提到鱼腥味或浓烈的气味说明鱼已不新鲜，所以不能买这种鱼，故选A项。
5．解析 B 总分关系。下文围绕如何蒸鱼介绍了几个步骤，B项(最简单的方法就是蒸鱼)符合语境，故选B项。
Ⅳ.语法填空(建议用时：8分钟)
There is good and bad news about the number of trees on our planet.The good news is1.____________there are seven times more trees than we2.____________(think)．A few years ago, scientists estimated the world had 400 billion trees，but a new study makes a3.____________ (calculate) that there are around three trillion trees.That's three4.____________(follow) by 12 zeroes.But
Dr
Thomas
Crowther
told
the
BBC
that
this
new
number
is
unable5.____________(change) anything.
What is the bad news？Thousands of years ago, the Earth had around six trillion trees.Human activity has cut the number of trees on the planet6.____________half.A good example of this is7.____________ fact that Europe used to be one of the giant forests.Dr Crowther said people are8.____________(responsibility) for the loss of three trillion trees.Another 15 billion trees are lost each year because of deforestation(毁林) and farmland.The scientists said this figure is “9.____________(extreme) higher” than a century ago.Dr Crowther added, “This study highlights how much more effort10.____________(need) if we are to restore healthy forests worldwide.”
人教高中英语选修八同步作业：nit Pygmalion课后限时作业 含答案
